Offering Oneself - Atma-samarpana: What You have given is Yourself. What You took in exchange, 0 Sankara, is me. Who is the wiser of us two? What I have gained is bliss that has no end. What single thing have You obtained from me? 0 Lord who made my mind Your shrine! Hail Siva, dwelling in Holy Perunturai! For Your taking up residence in my body; I cannot, my father, God, offer you any fitting recompense. ~~ Manikkavachagar, Tiruvachakam God will grant himself here and now to whomsoever offers himself to God. Only he who has lost himself and whose consciousness has taken the form of That [Brahman] will revel in the experience of the pure, unchanging and eternal Sivam. ~~ GVK v.477